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Ton Benn: Will and Testament

Event Date: 
05/10/2014 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Picturehouse

Don’t miss a fascinating insight into the late great Labour politician Tony Benn on Sunday 5 October at 4.30pm at the Exeter Picturehouse.

When he died in 2014 at the age of 88, Tony Benn was Britain’s longest-serving politician. Skip Kite’s review of his career serves as a useful reminder of how politics and indeed the wider world have changed since Benn first entered parliament in 1950.

In a series of interviews held largely in his modest kitchen, Benn describes his privileged background, his political awakening, his fiercely held socialist beliefs, and the successes and...